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| July 23, 2010 |
STW #559: CSERIES WING COMPLETES LOAD TESTS Brought to you by SpeedNews July 23, 2010 Mobile version link is now located at the top of the page STW: The most informative reading in the aviation industry. This news is a supplement to SPEEDNEWS, the weekly paid subscription-based newsletter of record for the aviation industry since 1979, which contains over 150 news items summarizing the developments in the industry week to week. To receive trial complimentary copies of our SPEEDNEWS and/or SPEEDNEWS DEFENSE newsletters, click here. For advertising information, please contact Kevin Brucker. ANOTHER TEST COMPLETE FOR CSERIES BOMBARDIER completed ultimate load testing on CSeries composite demonstrator wing, built in Belfast, Northern Ireland. [MORE] AIRBUS UNVEILS CONCEPT PLANE OF THE FUTURE AIRBUS unveiled Concept Plane that illustrates what it expects aircraft could look like in 2050 based on existing technologies. [MORE]
MONITORING AIRCRAFT EMERGENCIES IN NEAR REAL TIME AEROMECHANICAL SERVICES and IRIDIUM have demonstrated the ability to capture and continuously stream inflight position and performance data from an aircraft’s flight data recorder (FDR). [MORE] Q400 TO UNDERGO BIOFUEL FLIGHT TARGETED GROWTH CANADA, Saskatchewan is leading 6-partner consortium to demonstrate use of camelina-based biofuel on PORTER Q400 with PW150s by early 2012; SUSTAINABLE OILS, UOP (Honeywell), BOMBARDIER and P&WC are included. [MORE]
ALASKA AIR GROUP 2Q DOUBLES ALASKA AIR GROUP had $58.6m net income in 2Q10 (vs $29.1m in 2Q09) on 15.7% higher revenues. [MORE] PRATT & WHITNEY LAUNCH FUEL CONSERVATION PROGRAM PRATT & WHITNEY launched EcoFlight Solutions fuel conversation service to analyze operations, identify potential fuel savings, drive implementation and track results [MORE]
JETBLUE 2Q10 SHOWS "RETURN TO PROFITABILITY" JETBLUE AIRWAYS had $30m net income in 2Q10 (vs $20m in 2Q09) on 16.4% higher revenues. [MORE] WHO'S NEWS LUFTHANSA TECHNIK GROUP this week announced several management changes, effective in August. [MORE] MILITARY AVIATION NEWS QINETIQ's solar-powered high-altitude long endurance UAS Zephyr has completed a record-breaking two weeks of uninterrupted flight in the air. [MORE] SPEEDNEWS DEFENSE BIWEEKLY To add your name to our distribution list for SPEEDNEWS DEFENSE BIWEEKLY, click here.
July 19 - July 23 1919 - Anthony Fokker founds the Dutch Aircraft Factory at Schiphol. 1923 - Czechoslovakian airline CSA commences operations. 1946 - a McDonnell FH Phantom makes the first landing by a jet aboard a US aircraft carrier, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt. 1961 - MGM's By Love Possessed is shown on a TWA Boeing 707, the first feature film exhibited on a regularly scheduled commercial airline flight. 1977 - After threats of shutting down transatlantic air traffic, the U.S. and British governments reach the Bermuda II accord, giving British airlines additional ports of entry in the United States and removing American airlines' rights to carry passengers beyond London and Hong Kong. 1979 - the British government announces plans to privatize British Airways and publicly sell British Aerospace shares. 1980 - the F-16 is officially nicknamed the Fighting Falcon in a ceremony.
IATA: JULY AIRLINE BUSINESS CONFIDENCE SURVEY IATA’s quarterly survey show a further improvement in airline business confidence; nearly 70% reported improved profitability during the last quarter. [MORE] |
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